My name is Colani

The draw for the Italian Cup went smoothly. Trapani faced Salernitana, which had been relegated from Serie B last season. This team has limited strength. For these Serie C teams, the Italian Cup itself means more income for each additional round. The Italian Cup is now a two-round match.

Facing the weaker Salernitana, Trapani's coaching staff naturally focused on training. Even Piolo, the perennial substitute in the team, got 20 minutes of playing time and scored a goal. Trapani was able to beat Salernitana 4:0 away from home, and basically one foot has stepped into the door of the top 16.

Getting such a victory is not a surprise for Trapani. Time flies. Trapani is no longer a newly promoted team in Serie B but a fourth-ranked Serie A team. The mentality is naturally completely different.

On October 5, the home game against Spalletti's Udinese was held. The Pozzo family had a good relationship with Hugo. Udinese under the control of this family took the route of a star-making factory. Their approach was actually similar to Trapani's current situation. However, the difference between Trapani and Hugo was that Hugo had to do so due to financial pressure, while the Pozzo family of Udinese was completely for money. They played football for money. They had made a lot of profits from Udinese over the years, and they did not have high requirements for Udinese in terms of competition.

Udinese's success is not only in the training of players, but also in the Pozzo family's ability to identify coaches. Zaccheroni and Spalletti have succeeded in Udinese. Spalletti led Udinese to the UEFA Cup last season, but this season Udinese's start was not very good. It only got 4 points in the first four rounds, 5 points behind Trapani. Although it was an away game, Udinese also wanted to bully Trapani, the newly promoted team, and reverse the team's decline.

Udinese owner Giampaolo Pozzo did not come to Trapani, but his son Gino Pozzo, the genuine chairman of Udinese, came to Trapani. He came here not only to supervise Udinese, but more importantly to meet with Trapani's owner Hugo and get closer to everyone.

Hugo had to take time out in the evening to have dinner with Gino Pozzo. The two had not had a deep relationship before. Hugo was very interested in the operation of the Pozzo family. The Pozzo family was certainly not as rich as Hugo in terms of money. It was also very beneficial for the Pozzo family to get to know a young rich man like Hugo and make good friends with him.

Hugo brought the management of Trapani to humbly ask Pozzo about the experience of the Pozzo family in running Udinese. Gino Pozzo sincerely revealed his background to Hugo. In fact, these were not secrets. The most important thing was courage. Are the Italian giants stupid? ! But they did not have such courage. A big family business was not necessarily a good thing. There were many concerns.

The only one in the Pozzo family who really regarded football as a business was Gino Pozzo. He believed that the Udinese model could bring huge profits to the family. In fact, it was true. They would hardly spend money to introduce big-name stars. However, Bierhoff, Amoruso, Giannichedda, Fiore, etc. all came from Udinese, making Udinese make a lot of money.

"Gigi, a rich man like you, wouldn't you want to do a small fight like us?!" Gino Pozzo joked.

"Why not? A team must achieve healthy management. I think you are our model!" Hugo deliberately praised.

"Haha, we are a small team, we don't have much pursuit! If we can win a championship or something, it will be a surprise! But such a surprise is not so easy to achieve! You can't win the championship without investing money! Look at Milan, they bought the championship with money!" Pozzo bluntly revealed that Udinese is not as ambitious as you.

Hugo nodded, "Gino, don't worry! I won't steal your business! Besides, the football market is so big, our cooperation will benefit everyone! Our concepts are different. We pay more attention to local Italian players rather than foreign players!"

Udinese's model is to import players from abroad for processing. They also do domestic business, but they are far less outstanding in tapping foreign talents.

A closer look shows that Udinese is also an eight-nation alliance, with players from all nationalities.

This is indeed different from Trapani, where the team is mainly composed of Italians, although there are not many Italians in the main positions.

After listening to the story of the Pozzo family, Hugo asked Pozzo with interest what he thought of his team? !

Pozzo said at the beginning: "Guardiola is not good! He might have been okay in Serie B last year, but I don't think he still has much room for improvement at the level of Serie A!"

Pozzo shook his head and nodded, and Hugo and everyone in Trapani nodded one after another, but Guardiola is at least an indispensable member of Trapani for now. Hugo now regrets selling Meireles, otherwise there is at least someone available. Midfielders such as Padoin and Li Tie are not qualified for Guardiola's role.

"Gigi, I have a candidate to recommend to you!" Pozzo blinked and smiled.

Hugo came to his senses and wanted to spit on the guy. Damn it, after all this time, you said how bad Pep was and now you are busy recommending your own players? !

Let’s see what he said. Hugo made up his mind.

Pozzo was also unambiguous, "David Pizarro, what do you think?!"

"David Pizarro!" Hugo muttered. Of course he knew David Pizarro. If nothing unexpected happened, the Udinese midfielder would play in tomorrow's game. Hugo also knew that the Udinese player's data last season was still quite good. He was the team's second-highest scorer and scored 7 goals in the league. He himself was a defensive midfielder, and his role position was very similar to Guardiola.

Hugo turned his head to Seli.

"Mr. Pozzo, this is difficult! You should know that Juventus and Inter Milan are interested in David Pizarro. How can we compete with them?!" Seli felt that Pozzo was a liar. He was looking for a price to raise with Juventus and Inter Milan. Trapani, who had a surplus and just needed such a supplement, was definitely a good one to raise.

"I don't want to sell it to them! They are already strong enough for teams like us!" Pozzo said leisurely.

It's a pity to believe you. Hugo didn't believe Pozzo's nonsense.

Udinese doesn't dare to sell anyone. As long as someone wants to leave and someone offers a high price, they dare to sell.

Hugo said with a smile: "I'll help you this time! How do you thank me!"

This sentence showed that Hugo had seen through Pozzo's thoughts.

Pozzo was anxious, "I recommend it to you sincerely! Think about how old David is now, and he has rich experience in Serie A. He is more suitable for you than Guardiola! We can discuss the price. I really don't want to sell it to them!"

Hugo and Seli were a little surprised. It was so rare that Pozzo didn't want to give Pizarro to Inter Milan and Juventus for competitive reasons!

"Let's put this aside for now. We will make a serious assessment. If David Pizarro is worth our effort, we can discuss it later!" Hugo said vaguely. He was not sure what Pozzo's real purpose was. It is said that foreigners believe in the spirit of contract, but Hugo became an Italian and realized that it was bullshit. There are too many people in Italian football who change their faces faster than turning pages of books.

Pozzo could only wail helplessly in his heart. I really want to give you a good player!

Putting this matter aside, Hugo talked about business with Pozzo. He asked Pozzo if he was interested in investing in Guingamp. Pozzo was very interested. Now there is only one club under the Pozzo family, that is Udinese. Hugo talked to Pozzo about the benefits of investing in Guingamp. Udinese can loan young players to Guingamp for training. Anyway, they are all family members, so there is no need to worry about not training them wholeheartedly.

Pozzo asked a lot about Guingamp. Hugo actually wanted more. Cooperating with the Pozzo family to own a club was the first step. The next step was to jointly develop the South American and African markets with the Pozzo family. The Pozzo family was very good at doing football business. Hugo did not expect to make money with them but hoped to get good seedlings in advance when doing business with them.

Trapani was very weak in establishing a scouting system. So far, there was only the network of Hernandez's father in Argentina, which was really pitiful.

The dinner in the evening was a great success for both the host and the guests, but the game the next day was not friendly at all. Trapani, who lacked two key figures, was no match for Udinese at all. Pizarro did play very well. Under his arrangement, Udinese's offense and defense were very methodical. Hugo's double center forward tactics were useless.

They lost to the visiting Udinese 0:5 at their home court. They didn't score a single goal and there were many loopholes on the defensive end.

Gino Pozzo was very quick to leave, and quietly sent a text message to Hugo after the game, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. We won't have the post-game dinner together tonight, please forgive me!"